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GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION

What is Global Boycott P&G Day?

Global Boycott P&G Day - usually the third Saturday in May - is the centrepiece of our tenacious campaign to tackle P&G's animal testing. It is a fantastic opportunity to spread the message about P&G and how to shop cruelty-free.

This year it is on Saturday 17th May 2008. Please get involved by organising or helping with a Boycott P&G event in your area.

Events include:

demonstrations, stunts and leafleting at P&G facilities, supermarkets, and town centres;
public information and petition stalls in town centres and High Streets;
displays in libraries, colleges and workplaces.

In addition, writing letters to national and regional newspapers about the campaign is a great way to publicise the Day of Action.

Click here for a downloadable in-depth guide to participating in Global Boycott P&G Day. Also see www.boycottpandg.co.uk for further information and updates.

Email Uncaged Campaigns Coordinator Max Newton to find out more and register your participation in Global Boycott P&G Day. (Click here for other phone, fax and postal contact details.)

Global Boycott Procter & Gamble Day XI
STOP P&G'S CRUEL ANIMAL TESTING

"I'm glad to hear that this year had the most international participants! It's getting bigger every year, which is fantastic!"
Bridget, Animal Rights Campaign Halifax (ARCH), Canada

Tens of thousands of people around the world took part in the annual international Day of Action on Saturday 19th May 2007 to inform the public that P&G's animal testing results in the routine poisoning and death of animals to develop cosmetics, cleaning products, and even their 'pet' foods Iams/Eukanuba. Many thanks to everyone who participated in and promoted the Day of Action!

In the week leading up to P&G Day our huge Boycott P&G PostaVan toured England and Wales, and stopped for 2 days each in the cities of York, Leicester and Cardiff. It is estimated that the PostaVan is seen by 80,000 a day when being driven around city centres. When parked bang in the middle York, Leicester and Cardiff shoppers and tourists couldn't miss it! The presence of the PostaVan, with a stall and giant rabbits ensured some good radio and print media coverage about P&G's cruel animal testing.

Over 100 events took place in every corner of the UK - including leafleting, town centre campaign stalls and events, and information and protest events at supermarkets. Supermarket actions were particularly popular this year, as campaigners heeded our call to take the message directly to consumers at the 'point of sale.' Over 25,000 leaflets and wallet cards were distributed; and even more people were reached by way news reports and letters in regional media about the events and P&G's animal testing policies.

Many reports we received echoed the sentiments of Benjamin from Rainham, Essex:

"I got a really positive response from shoppers…. I was so enthused by the response that I would like to do this more regularly. Whatever happens next I am sure that we have certainly got the message out and people are responding. Together we can consign animal experiments to history!"

There were 45 events in cities spanning the globe from Sydney to Stockholm - with 25 nations represented (an increase of 8 from last year). Countries taking part for the first time include Sweden, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, India and Hong Kong.

In the USA there were events in 8 cities from coast to coast - many co-ordinated by our friends at Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN). There were also events in Ireland, Switzerland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, Malta, Croatia, Slovenia, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Many took advantage of our downloadable campaign materials in several languages at www.boycottpandg.co.uk/download.asp.

It's fantastic to see the Day of Action growing, especially with new countries taking part! Around the world activists are uniting - wherever they are - to protest against P&G's animal testing and inform the public about the importance of cruelty-free shopping and how it can radically change the plight of so many animals.

"We all felt good for doing the stall and went home very tired but happy that we had at least made the effort and made more people aware of the obscenities that P&G perpetrate on animals. Thanks for all that you do at Uncaged, because without you none of us animal rights campaigners would know the realities of these horrors and therefore could not fight for changes."
Yvonne, Solihull Animal Aid, UK

"It was awesome...a huge success!!"
Kat Mcafee, Coalition for Action in the Interest of Animals (CAIA), New Jersey, USA

Click here for our PHOTO GALLERY from Global Boycott P&G Day 2007.

Constant Campaigning

At Uncaged we campaign against P&G's animal testing all year round, please join us by protesting throughout the year, as well as on the annual Boycott P&G Day. Leafleting, campaign stalls, letter writing, supermarket and P&G site protests are effective at any time of the year and are necessary if we are to maintain and intensify the pressure on P&G to change, and continue to inform people about cruelty-free shopping.

Non-UK Protesters

Non-UK animal advocacy groups and individuals can also participate in these activities on Boycott P&G Day and throughout the year. Please organise events in your city, and ask other groups across your country to participate in the campaign. International Campaigns of France, for example, started doing this a few years ago and now have a strong network of groups across France to participate in both the Boycott P&G campaign and in other French national animal protection campaigns. By spreading the campaign across your country you will greatly increase its impact, and build your own national network of activists.

Please contact Max Newton for more information about building a cruelty-free campaign network; to find groups active in this campaign near you; or for advice about starting a Boycott P&G campaign in your country.

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Photo from the Global Boycott Day 2007